Water-closet cistern.



R. E. CRANE.

WATER CLOSET GISTERN.

APPLICATION FILED me. 12, 1909.

Patented Apr. 12,1910.

1 which shall havc a substantial means of sup- RAYMOND E. CRANE, or CAMERON, WEST VIRGINIA,

' WATER-CLOSET CISTERN.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 12, 1910- Application filed August 12, 1909. Serial No. 512,587.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it'known that I, RAYMOND E. CRANE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cameron, in the county of Marshall and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vater-Olosct Cisterns of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in cisterns for flushing water-closets and the like, and the principal objects out my invention are to provide a suitable article for this purpose which shall be efficient and durable, and one that will at the same time occupy a minimum amount of the space in a room and port, as well as means of access to the-interior littings- I attain these objects by the manner shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional side view of a water-closet cistern shown concealed in the partition X of the room. I Fig. 2 illus- I trates a front view of the same cistern.

th views show the coverl in place as it is in actual installation.

The water enters the cistern ihi nigh the inlet. pipe 1 through a ball cock oi' any of the many types now on the marketior that the tank will be filled again ready for the next operation. In case the float-operated ball cock should leak'su-lhciently to (fit-RS6 tank to fill too high, the water would flow into outlet through overflow pipe Z out through the regular outlet E.

The cistern is covered by a'cover P, which can be pulled straight out to the. front upon the removal of the fastening screws C and thus permit ready access to the fittingsin the interior of the tank. The tank is fastened to the wall by means of screws C. The couplingM in which a rubber ball seats can be made of brass or can be made integral with the earthem'v'are.

As we are making this tank of earthenware it is a great advantage to have the marginal rim as a stiffener in the firing process, as with this additional ring of clay the-tank is much less liable to warp in the firing, The round shape of the cistern also holds it during the firing in such a manner that the shrinkage is even in all parts.

Having described myinvention, what I claim therein as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

The combination of a substantially circular flushing cistern of a wall containing a recess arranged to receive said cistern, of a. removable cover at. the upper end of said cistern, and of a circular. wall flange, by

means oi which said cistern is attaclu-d to the wall. substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I allix uiy slgnature lll presence o't two witnesses.

Cameron, WV. Va., 7/14/09.

RAYMOND E. CRANE. 

